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Waldo Butrick

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I am a 48-year-old man living inan old shack in South Carolina. Ilive everyday life working formyself along side with my slaves.

Networks: South Carolina

Relationship Status: Widowed

Siblings: Paul Mitchell

Birthday: February 14, 1812

Political Views: Whatever is moreconvenient for me.

Religious View: Catholic

November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was electedpresident today.

December 20, 1860 today we seceded from the Union. It

seems we dont agree about many things. They dont likethe idea of me owning slaves, but I dont treat my slaves

February 9, 1861 the south got a new name today, theConfederacy. Sounds fancy, hopefully the guy running this

place, Jefferson Davis, wont get full of himself and dosomething stupid.

April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter was attacked down inCharleston. The Union started this, so of course wellretort. LINCON! CONISDER THIS WAR!

September 18, 1850 they passed the Fugitive slavelaw today. So if my slaves run away to the north

September 18, 1851 it's been a year since I've been onFacebook. But today word got out of a new newspaper

called the "New York Times". And I tell you; they havesome folks that can really write a good piece of literature.

March 6, 1857 Dred Scott vs. Sanford today the SupremeCourt ruled that Black slaves couldnt sue for freedom. Itell you things get a bit unfair for these kinds of people.

December 24, 1860 we issued the "Declaration of theImmediate Causes Which Induce and Justify theSecession of South Carolina from the Federal Union".It's our Declaration of Independence to the North.


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Religious View: Christian

Favorite Books: I dont read much myfavorites are: Edgar Huntly, Charlotte Temple.

Favorite Music: Over the hills and far away,Katy Cruel, and Nancy Dawson.

Hobbies: Work and eating beans and makingbeans. I also love to work. Its the only thingthat keeps me moving.

About Me: I grew up in what you may nowknow as the south along with my stepbrother.My father had owned a farm, which is now aplantation. After a long period of time, myfather handed the farm over to me and my

brother went west to seek his fortume.

When I started this plantation I purchasedsome slaves at the nearest town. It might seemodd for some folks here, but I let them sleep inmy house (They arent many) and I help themwith the farm work. I teat them like human

beings. Although at times the law can seemunfair for them, I try my best to give thesepeople a good and steady life.

I havent seen my brother in YEARS. One dayI hope to see him again and hopefully he is

still in one piece.


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Note 1: What is slavery and why does it exist?

Slavery has existed in this world in many forms even before

the Jamestown colony. It was a way to pay off debt; people

were used as money and also simply a way to use currency.

The reason it still exists is because people will always have

to pay money or will always need a financial boost. In the

Americas though, it was a whole business. The slavery

issue was one of the best ways to make money and also thebest way to do work from cheap labor. People like Eli

Whitney, Democrats, politicians, and even famous figures

influenced people into slavery and made it an okay thing for

their society.

Years later near the civil war, people from the north

eventually had enough common sense to figure out that

enslaving a human is a horrible act and inhumane, and it

should be abolished. People from the south didnt agree

because it was where their major source of income and they

didnt want to use it. When the north threatened

abolishment the south felt economically threatened andattempted to succeed. War was fought over the slavery

business and over the loss of huge amounts of money and

power. Thats the only reason slavery exists. Wealth and

power. And to achieve this wealth and power people needed

slavery gave both. Slavery also in many areas in this world

also gave and made a foundation for the history of countries

and has had a similar effect on our economies and way of

life. Especially life during colonial times, which made the

old times seem not so hard.

NOTE #1


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Was this war

worth it?

Some may call it ideals or reasons to fight in the

revolutionary war. But the reality to fight in the warwas in the name itself, Revolution. These colonists

wouldnt take any more from the British. They were

taxed; taken advantage of and most importantly had

broken souls. Whether they had the money, power and

strength or not, they were going to have a revolution

and turn things around. Many activists also agreed in

what the colonists and people living in the colonies

were proposing when they felt like succeeding from

Great Britain.

Of course then there are the people who say war can beavoided. The healthy human mind will act the same

with every person in the world. Our instinct to survive

and claim our territory wasnt going to fail our

ancestors now. The economy after the war started was

pretty bad. The majority was middle class, which was

farmers, artisans, ship builders etc. The rest were

people who came to this country with the intention of

working for no pay for a certain amount of years

(sounds like slavery). Anyway, the colonial American

economy was so bad, the battle forces had to use a

monetary system called the continental, which wasworth less than an actual shilling and had no value

whatsoever, it was easily counterfeited, and was then

put out of circulation. By the time the colonies won the

war, it became a project, like this school. There were no

people interested and that the war was just a fluke. But

it all changed after the United States gained more land

and had their own history to make.

NOTE #2


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Paul and me Me and Paul in the barn

MePaul and me

My work buddies and me. My family and me


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Me getting ready for a party.

Im getting old; this is the modern Butrickfamily.

My wonderful slaves.

Paul in the war. He sent this to me.

My slaves having a little party.Pauls buddies.


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Pauls superiors.

Pauls colleagues.

What used to be my wife.


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Image links:

http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/Contrabands.jpg

http://www.slaverysite.com/images/4a39468u%20-%20Group%20of%20Contrabands%20-%20Library%20of%20Congress%20-%20reduced%20size.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/2682401636/

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Website Bibliography:

?, P. (n.d.). The Civil War. The Civil War. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/

The American Civil War Homepage. (n.d.). University of Tennessee: SunSITE. Retrieved March 26,

2010, from http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

The Civil War | PBS. (n.d.). PBS. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

The South During the Civil War. (n.d.).American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page.

Retrieved March 26, 2010, from

http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/timeline/civilwar/southwar/south.html

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